Baptism takes away all sin. The confession before hand shouldn’t have occurred, but that wasn’t his fault. He was doing as instructed. Regardless of the first confession before baptism, ALL of his sins were forgiven during his baptism. No need to worry!I am deeply troubled after having read through this thread. My husband came into the Church last year at Easter. He had not been Baptized however; our Priest made him take his confession before the Easter Vigil where he was Baptized and Confirmed. At the time I questioned it and was told this is just how it has to be done. Now I am concerned that his confession was not valid and he has been receiving communion for a year without having actually made a valid confession. Any feedback on this would be helpful.
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Exactly. I was Baptized in the United Methodist Church. When I entered into full communion with the Catholic Church, and received by Confirmation, it was necessary that I confess all sins I had committed (as best as I could possibly remember) from my Baptism up until that point before receiving the other Sacraments.If it were valid then yes, you would be required to give a general confession prior to confirmation. This general confession would consist of all of the mortal sins which you committed from the time of your Baptism.
Please tell her that she has been misinformed. Unless she has been baptized in another church, she needs to receive a baptism before she can receive the sacrament of Reconciliation.I have a friend who is currently in RCIA at a different parish than mine, and yesterday she told me that she was told in RCIA to go to Confession before she is baptized. I found this rather strange and unusual because I thought you could only go to confession after being baptized into the Church, and I also find it strange to have them do this before being baptized since baptism cleanses us of all sin. Anyway, my question is if this is standard practice or not?
I can see the direction in which you’re going. If the candidate is to receive conditional baptism wouldn’t the candidate make a conditional confession after receiving baptism rather than before it?That would be correct if she were being baptized conditionally. Is there some question as to whether she has been validly baptized in the past?
There’s a standard procedure; we just need an RCIA director or someone familiar with the procedure to confirm it for us.I can see the direction in which you’re going. If the candidate is to receive conditional baptism wouldn’t the candidate make a conditional confession after receiving baptism rather than before it?
The procedure is baptim first.There’s a standard procedure; we just need an RCIA director or someone familiar with the procedure to confirm it for us.
Thank you Theresa! I appreciate your words of welcome and your sound advice. God bless you abundantly!Sarah- First off WELCOME!! I’m so excited for you, I’m going through RCIA right now and it is such a beautiful process! About Confession though, if something is truly bothering you talk with your priest. On a few occasions (retreats etc) I was able to sit down with a priest and talk a things out since I wasn’t able to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Often I would find by talking with the priest that there was something underneath that was causing the issue. By discovering and dealing with that I was able to move on and grow spiritually. The road is not easy and we can’t always find the path, thus we need a guide to point us in the right direction.
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